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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



the seed in a row and covered it with a roller, but dur- 

 ing recent years two-row types have been made which 

 certain localities are very successful. For the 



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farmer who raises cotton in small fields the one-horse 

 drill is better adapted than the two-row drill. For 

 a farmer who raises corn as well as cotton, the com- 

 bined corn and cotton planter answers very well. 



COMBINED COTTON AND CORN PLANTER WITH FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER 

 ATTACHMENT. 



A Corn Planter which does good work is an imple- 

 ment which is important to the farmer. There are 

 two classes: the lister and drill combined, and the 

 planter and drill combined. The former type is a 

 machine which plows the ground and plants the corn 

 at the same time; and the latter drills the corn in 

 rows; or, by a simple adjustment, plants it in hills. 

 The place for the lister is in semi-arid countries, and 

 where there is a great deal of wind. Listers plant 

 the corn so that the stalks are well down in the ground 

 where the moisture is, and at the same time furnish 

 a brace for the stalks, thus preventing them from dry- 

 ing out so quickly or being blown down badly. 



The different operations of the present day corn 

 planter are to mark the field by means of a marker, 

 which furnishes a guide by which to drive the team, 



